Language - | Impact of having a lengthy IPL season BCCI has recently confirmed that IPL will be played for a longer duration in the future. The extension of the IPL window will also change the dynamics in international cricket in a positive way but can also hamper it in a way.
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 | When Nicholas ‘T20’ Pooran meets The Nicholas ‘T20I’ Pooran West Indies cricket would have hoped for the ‘Spiderman points Spiderman’ meme to represent Nicholas Pooran’s game in the shortest format. However, in reality, his T20 form vs T20I form can only be best represented with the meme ‘Buff Doge vs. Cheems’ and rightfully so. Aakash Sivasubramaniam |
 | Dissecting the drama: the complete timeline of the ‘de Villiers comeback’ fiasco that lasted 3 years A three-year-long chapter came to its conclusion on Monday as CSA, after years of leaving fans hanging, confirmed that AB de Villiers will not be coming out of retirement to play for South Africa. The chapter endured a rather disappointing end, but the three-year-long soap opera was far from boring. Anirudh Suresh |
 | The IPL mid-season trade has turned out to be an epic fail - but here’s why a mid-season auction could work Ahead of the 2020 edition of the IPL, the tournament introduced a ‘mid-season trade’, wherein franchises were allowed to trade and swap players at the mid-way stage of the competition to readjust their squad composition. A year on, the change, which still exists, has turned out to be an epic fail. Anirudh Suresh |
 | How uncapped bowlers led from the front to change teams' dynamics in IPL 2021 Uncapped Indian bowlers are the real deal - they have the ability to change the fortune of a side and also help the franchises strike the right balance. This season, four uncapped bowlers - Chetan Sakariya, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel - changed their respective team's dynamics. Aakash Sivasubramaniam |
 | Fringe players who have assured themselves an IPL contract in the mega auction ft. Harpreet, Lynn and SRK The intriguing final season before the mega auction gives senior players the opportunity to show why they need to be retained, but equally it also gives fringe players the chance to prove that they belong. Only 29 games were played in IPL 2021, but a multitude of players put their hands up. Anirudh Suresh |
 | Trouble in Paradise | Incumbent IPL contract holders who might potentially go unsold in the mega auction The season before the mega auction is a double-edged sword - you could lock in a long-term contract by doing well, but you could also see yourself go unsold in the mega auction if you endure a forgettable season. We look at players who, this season, have jeopardized their chances of landing a bid. Anirudh Suresh |
 | How the incompetence of SRH’s management extended well beyond the alienation of David Warner Spare a thought for Sunrisers Hyderabad. They fired their captain, axed him from the starting XI and antagonized their entire fanbase in a span of 24 hours in the hope of turning their season around, only for the entire tournament to get canceled. Anirudh Suresh |
 | Honing the arduous powerplay skills - the Mohammed Siraj way It was in 2017, that a raw bowler - Mohammed Siraj - playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad caught the attention of one and all in the IPL, with ten wickets in the season. But 1/53 off four overs on the Indian debut, against New Zealand, and three T20Is later, he was discarded - into the wild. Aakash Sivasubramaniam |
 | What lessons the BCCI - and other boards - can learn from the IPL 2021 fiasco Since even before the tournament began, IPL 2021 felt like a ticking time bomb and in many ways it was unsurprising when the competition met with a fatal accident in the form of a major COVID outbreak. What’s done is done, but what can boards learn from the catastrophe that was IPL 2021? Anirudh Suresh |